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以

yǐ

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Meaning

  • abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
  • to use
  • by means of
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  • according to
  • in order to
  • because of
  • at (a certain date or place)
  • old variant of 以[yi3]

Example

两点可以。

Two o'clock would be OK.

From 可以 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

4 strokes

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